Is third author a co author?
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You have not mentioned whether the third author is the last author. The first author is invariably the author who did the maximum amount of work; this holds true irrespective of which field you are from. However, the order of the co-authors varies by field. In this case, the third author would be the last author.
How should authorship in a publication be decided?
What does it take to be listed as an author?
- To be listed as an author on a paper, you need to make a substantial intellectual contribution to the research that is described.
- Authorship is based on what you actually do, not on who you are.
The number of authors is unlimited in principal. There are publications with dozens if not hundreds of authors in large international multi-institutional projects. But in the last past years more and more journals have limited the number of co-authors. Typically the limitation is six authors.
How many authors can be on a case report?
The number of authors for a case report should be limited to three to five, who should be the physicians directly involved with the case. Additional contributors to the case should be mentioned in the acknowledgements.
It is a condition of publication that authors make the primary data, materials (such as statistical tools, protocols, software) and code publicly available. These must be provided at the point of submission for our Editors and reviewers for peer-review, and then made publicly available at acceptance.
What happens if two authors equally contribute to a research paper?
If two authors equally contributed, it needs to be negotiated who goes first. Normally they put a ‘*’ or another sign and in the footnote that ‘these authors contributed equally to the study’. Additionally if it is an important piece of research, the last and senior author (i.e. the money man) might want to be the first author as well.
Any good paper is better than nothing, and being on one with many authors shows that you can (probably) collaborate. With a multi-author paper, the admissions committee has to figure out what your contribution was. Was it your idea and your initiative? Did you do most of the writing? Design some or all of the experiments?
Can two PhD students publish the same paper as first author?
Publishing a paper as the first author is very crucial for the scientific career of a Ph.D. student. Most Ph.D. programs worldwide require a Ph.D. student to have at least one first-authored paper in order to qualify for a degree. So an authorship dispute would be inevitable if two Ph.D. students were to work on the same project for their degree.
Should I list my publications on my CV?
I advise against listing any publications in your CV. Instead, list them on Linkedin and refer interested employers there instead, where there is space for them.